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Originally Posted by Sultana
A thread in the sexuality forum has prodded me to post about something I've been thinking about lately.
Why do people say that love lasts forever?
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It can
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Originally Posted by Sultana
Why is marriage supposed to be life-long?
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The difference between marriage and love, is that Marriage is the ultimate declaration of commitement and loyalty to your partner. You are saying to the world, "I love this person so much, that I am positive that I don't ever want to serve (and be serviced by) anyone other than you.
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Originally Posted by Sultana
Is it the church/religious policies from the days of yore, building life-long clauses into legal ceremonies? I know that divorce and abandonment were condemned (depending on interpretation of various texts), but how does the church benefit from discouraging divorces?
Is it an overly-built up societial expectation because it's so much easier for pop songs to rhyme those words?
I can't really think of any other types of chosen relationships or partnerships where people seriously hope for/expect a life-long committment.
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I'm not religious, I wouldn't commit in the name of religion, maybe out of social convention, but to me, it's all theater.... expensive theater.... but I expect a loyal and sincere partnership regardless of the "m word" from my relationships.
this is actually something that was a point of contention between my and my ex I was with for 5 years, who I still love.
It wasn't important to me, but what I failed to realize was how important it was to her, I trivialized her input into the marriage debate because I knew I loved her, that I'd be loyal to her, and that I would never leave her.
What I failed to realize cost me everything.